† ravinedadj.1
Obsolete. rare.
Glutted or gorged with prey. Also figurative.
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1606 J. Reynolds Dolarnys Primerose sig. G4v Raging Reuenge, sported in sanguin blood, The rauin'd earth, ore-cloyed belching stood.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 24 Maw, and Gulfe Of the rauin'd salt Sea sharke. View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
ravinedadj.2
/rəˈviːnd/, U.S. /rəˈvind/ Having or marked with ravines; furrowed.
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the world > the earth > land > landscape > low land > valley > [adjective] > gorge or ravine
ravined1807
gorged1871
gorgy1891
ravinated1898
1807 J. P. Malcolm Excursions ii. 132 An inclination of this road to Long Town brought us in front of the Black Mountains... We had not long contemplated their ravined lines when [etc.].
1854 E. de Warren tr. L. F. J. De Saulcy Journey Dead Sea II. 64 Between us and the sea, a large ravined plain extends.
1859 G. Meredith Ordeal Richard Feverel III. iii. 81 There hung Briareus with deep-indented trunk and ravined brows.
1932 Times 16 Dec. 9/3 It is clear that he..made insufficient allowance for the difficulty of steering through unmapped ravined country in the dark.
2000 Science 27 Oct. 711/3 An arcuate alcove or amphitheater scar leads through ravined chutes to a leveed flow channel down the side of the volcano.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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